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Panthers may go defense in draft
The NFL Draft starts this Thursday night in Green Bay, and there’s a good chance the Carolina Panthers will break with recent tradition. Not since the team took Jaycee Horn in the first round in […]
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Fearless predictions for 2025
As we do each year, the North State Journal’s sports staff came up with fearless predictions for 2025. We’re not gamblers, but you can pretty much bet the farm that all of this is going […]
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Panthers final roster cuts take team in new direction
The Carolina Panthers took another step away from the Matt Rhule era on roster cutdown day. From Saturday to Tuesday, the Panthers trimmed their roster from 90 players to 53. In the process, they cut […]
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Panthers wrap up draft with NC State, FSU players
After adding a quarterback, receiver and pass rusher in the first two days of the draft, the Carolina Panthers concentrated on the next area of need in Saturday’s fourth round. The Panthers stayed within their […]
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Panthers run through Seahawks for 5th win
SEATTLE — For all the drama that has surrounded the Carolina Panthers this season, a resiliency among the group has developed and left them unexpectedly in the middle of a playoff race with four games […]
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Panthers end 9-game skid, beat Saints
CHARLOTTE — Laviska Shenault was frustrated over being declared inactive for his first two games with the Carolina Panthers after being acquired in a late preseason trade from the Jacksonville Jaguars. But the third-year wide […]
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First preseason game spotlights Panthers’ position battles
Fans will get their first look at the 2022 Carolina Panthers on Saturday night when the team opens the preseason with a game at Washington. With just over two weeks of camp under their collective […]
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Little QB drama at start of Panthers camp
Maybe we were all looking at the wrong quarterbacks. Just over one week into Carolina Panthers training camp, the epic battle between Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield has been relatively quiet. Darnold, last season’s starter, […]
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QB battle looms over Panthers’ preseason
When an NFL team opens training camp, it’s standard practice to preview the season by running down the top storylines and position battles that need to be worked out before things kickoff. The Carolina Panthers […]
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Panthers ready to make changes in offseason
The Carolina Panthers made the wrong kind of NFL history this season. The Panthers lost their last seven games to finish 5-12 on the year, setting the league mark for the worst record after a […]